see here for the fun I had this past weekend. So now I'm in the market for a set of tires for my trailer. who has recommendations? Thanks in advance.
Been there. Done that. Goodyear Marathons are junk in my book. Just be sure you get a trailer rated tire. There is a difference over a passenger car tire. BTW, have you checked out your gross weight (trailer, cargo, etc)? You may be overweight. For example my trailer weighs around 3500 lbs empty and my car around 4000 lbs. That's 7500 lbs and you have a 7000 gross rated trailer. You would get a ticket in Ohio for being overweight Just something to consider.
And as another point, you can buy several different grades of <a href="trailer%20tires" onmouseover="window.status='trailer tires'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">trailer tires</a>. I bit the bullitt and bought 10 ply radials. Also check your air pressure before each time you use the trailer....under inflated tires can cause big problems.
Mark, I get a 404 page not found error on that link. Yep, I know about the load range for the tires (thats what you mean, right). The GY that I have are load range C. The Carlisle Radial Trail I bought at Pep Boys is load range D. I was planning on doing some trailer tire research.
My experience is that Carlisle makes a good tire. If I were you, I would buy 4 of the load range E version of the tire you purchased and keep the 1 load range D as your spare. It can't be too much more money the the stability of a 10 ply tire is worth the extra cost. I don't want to sound like a nag, but you may be overweight on the trailer. Ever weigh you car?? Your trailer?? A 24' enclosed trailer with a GVWR of 7000 lbs is generally not enough trailer for a GM A body car. You would need to step up to the 10,000 GVWR trailer. There is a huge difference on how the two are made strength wise.
Brad, I will definitely look into the weight of the trailer and car. I believe the trailer empty is 3500lbs, but I know a place where I can get it weighed. I'm estimating the car is 3900lbs. I'll probably get the car weighed this weekend at the strip :laugh: Thanks. I've also found out from the previous owner who bought the trailer new, he never put any tires on the trailer so I blew two of the original 12 year old tires. Guess I got more then enough use out of them.
Discount Tire I was out in west Texas (Midland to be exact) and had one of the original general tires on my trailer chuck off a piece of the tread. I had already replaced two of the tires with some 225-75-15 load range d tire that were comparable to the originals. I went into Discount tire and asked for a suitable repalcement. I came away with the Carlisle 225-75 -15 load range E tire for about $20 less than I paid for the load range D tires I got from the internet. I had to pay sales tax but didn't have to pay shipping on these. Plus the Discount employee got me some warranty money for the tire that the tread had come off, to add to the great deal. Big kudos to Discount Tire for there service to me and I highly reccomend them. One of the few national chain type stores I will spend my money at. Good Luck with your situation. Rich
I'll catch grief for this ,but you asked----dont use radials. I have never tried a 10 ply radial, but IMO if you buy a standard replacement trailer tire do not use radials. I tried and I could feel a big difference in the way the trailer would not 'react' with the trucks change of direction and on some of the snakey roads they were a bit un-nerving. For reference-I only use a dual axle ,18', open car hauler. It's the wide version ,well built, but lightweight. I tow with a heavy truck so that wasn't the problem. I quickly removed the Trailer radials and replaced with bias. DAVE
